Paterson, a longtime home for Syrian Americans, raised the three-star flag of the Syrian revolution before cheering crowds ...

The revolutionary flag was created by cutting the despised communist coat arms arms from the national flag. The media coverage of the event showed the revolution spreading across the country.

One flag is loosely based on the “Appeal to Heaven” flag that was commissioned by George Washington during the American Revolution, and the other on the Bennington battle flag, a banner ...